The burial hour : a Lincoln Rhyme novel

The burial hour A Lincoln Rhyme novel

Jeffery Deaver

Book - 2017

"DANGEROUSLY GOOD. DISTINCTIVELY DEAVER. New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns to forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme in his most harrowing case yet. THE BURIAL HOUR A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight. A miniature hangman's noose left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl, the only witness to the crime. With a crime scene this puzzling, forensic expertise of the highest order is absolutely essential. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Soon the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the backdrop to an eerie piece of music. The video is marked as the work of The Composer... Despite their ...best efforts, the suspect gets away. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Italy, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to rejoin the hunt. But the search is now a complex case of international cooperation--and not all those involved may be who they seem. Sachs and Rhyme find themselves playing a dangerous game, with lives all across the globe hanging in the balance"--

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Subjects
Rhyme, Lincoln > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Genres
Mystery fiction
Suspense fiction
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Jeffery Deaver (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
464 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781455536375
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Review by Booklist Review

Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic criminalist, calls New York City home. But occasionally he travels to other places. In The Kill Room (2013), he follows the trail of a killer to the Bahamas. Here, he's way outside his comfort zone: Naples, Italy, to be exact, where an unknown subject who nearly killed a man in New York has fled (and has, apparently, attacked another victim). When Rhyme and his partner, NYPD detective Amelia Sachs, turn up in Naples, they aren't exactly warmly received, especially by the prosecutor in charge of the case and the lead detective. But, as Rhyme and Sachs show just how good they are, they begin to win over their law-enforcement adversaries. Misdirection and plot twists abound, and the novel's theme (the European immigrant problem) feels, given recent events in American politics, timely and relevant. Another strong entry from the always-reliable Deaver.--Pitt, David Copyright 2017 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

The abduction of a business executive on Manhattan's Upper East Side by a man calling himself the Composer kicks off Thriller Award-winner Deaver's intriguing, if overly complicated, 13th novel featuring forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme (after 2016's The Steel Kiss). A witness finds a small hangman's noose at the scene, as well as a torn currency exchange receipt, which suggests to Rhyme that the man was intending to leave the country. When the Composer later kidnaps a traveler at a remote bus stop near Naples, Italy, he leaves a little noose hanging from the bus stop bench. Rhyme and his lover, Det. Amelia Sachs, fly to Naples, where they join forces with the Italian investigating team led by hard-nosed prosecutor Dante Spiro, who's initially dismissive of Rhyme. Meanwhile, Charlotte McKenzie, a legal liaison with the U.S. State Department, needs Rhyme's help with the case of an American college student in Naples who's been arrested for sexual assault. Too many twists and unlikely connections may puzzle some readers. Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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